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> [When some of the gangs got involved with the drug trade, particularlythe crack cocaine trade, and the lethal violence started to flare up in the '80s, then there was a great deal of public attention on gangs and a great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meda-chesney-lind/when-some-of-the-gangs-got-involved-with-the-drug-trade/)

[Meda Chesney-Lind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meda-chesney-lind/)

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## More by Meda Chesney-Lind

> [The most dangerous kind of girl involvement with gangs is one where the girls are just sort of hanging around the gang boys or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meda-chesney-lind/the-most-dangerous-kind-of-girl-involvement-with-gangs-is-one-where/)

[Meda Chesney-Lind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meda-chesney-lind/)

> [The gang may be a safer place than home, but it's not without its problems. In some instances, especially in the Latino community, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meda-chesney-lind/the-gang-may-be-a-safer-place-than-home-but-it-s-not-without-its/)

[Meda Chesney-Lind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meda-chesney-lind/)

> [One of the differences between boy gangs and girl gangs is for girls it's much more relational and much less violent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meda-chesney-lind/one-of-the-differences-between-boy-gangs-and-girl-gangs-is-for-girls/)

[Meda Chesney-Lind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meda-chesney-lind/)

> [There's only one thing worse than not paying attention to girls in gangs - it's paying attention to girls in gangs. The public reaction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meda-chesney-lind/there-s-only-one-thing-worse-than-not-paying-attention-to-girls-in/)

[Meda Chesney-Lind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meda-chesney-lind/)

> [Violence among boys is so valorized and so encouraged that you have to do things different in violence prevention with boys than with girls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meda-chesney-lind/violence-among-boys-is-so-valorized-and-so-encouraged-that-you-have/)

[Meda Chesney-Lind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meda-chesney-lind/)

> [When some of the gangs got involved with the drug trade, particularlythe crack cocaine trade, and the lethal violence started to flare up in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meda-chesney-lind/when-some-of-the-gangs-got-involved-with-the-drug-trade/)

[Meda Chesney-Lind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meda-chesney-lind/)

> [Girls come to the gang for very different reasons than boys. For boys in marginalized communities, they have a gender problem, and they solve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meda-chesney-lind/girls-come-to-the-gang-for-very-different-reasons-than-boys-for-boys/)

[Meda Chesney-Lind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meda-chesney-lind/)

> [The girls go to the gang in order to get protection from victimization that's occurring in their lives. And also it's a place to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meda-chesney-lind/the-girls-go-to-the-gang-in-order-to-get-protection-from/)

[Meda Chesney-Lind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meda-chesney-lind/)

> [Girls often feel very powerless in their lives and their families, and they kind of mimic the male violence as a way to try…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meda-chesney-lind/girls-often-feel-very-powerless-in-their-lives-and-their-families-and/)

[Meda Chesney-Lind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meda-chesney-lind/)

> [In the '60s and '70s, people didn't pay a lot of attention to gangs. I think gangs still existed, but gangs had fallen out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meda-chesney-lind/in-the-60s-and-70s-people-didn-t-pay-a-lot-of-attention-to-gangs-i/)

[Meda Chesney-Lind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meda-chesney-lind/)

> [If you socialize people to care about each other and care about relationships, they tend to be much less violent and tend to think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meda-chesney-lind/if-you-socialize-people-to-care-about-each-other-and-care-about/)

[Meda Chesney-Lind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meda-chesney-lind/)

> [If we socialized boys like girls, we would have a much lower crime rate in America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meda-chesney-lind/if-we-socialized-boys-like-girls-we-would-have-a-much-lower-crime/)

[Meda Chesney-Lind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meda-chesney-lind/)

> [Girls begin to have second thoughts about the violence. Studies show they feel a considerable amount of guilt about it. They feel bad later…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meda-chesney-lind/girls-begin-to-have-second-thoughts-about-the-violence-studies-show/)

[Meda Chesney-Lind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meda-chesney-lind/)

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